Police said Perez, Nave, Christopher C. Mayer, 18, and Christine Stanton, 20, both of Brooklyn, tried to break into three homes and succeeded in taking guns and ammunition from one.

Trooper Richard J. Williams said he responded to a call on Dec. 4 about a suspicious vehicle near Elm Lane in Pleasant Valley Estates and found the president of the Pleasant Valley Homeowners Association detaining Stanton.

A witness said Stanton had driven to the area, dropped off three men who walked behind a house, and then drove off. The house, at 50 Elm Lane, had pry marks on the back door, and a screwdriver was found in Stanton's car, police said.

When the men walked back to the car, they were taken into custody and to the state police barracks at Lehighton. In interviews, police said, the men said they tried to get into one house but couldn't, then broke into 1610 Huntington Drive and took the guns and ammunition. They attempted but failed to enter the third house, police said.

All four were charged with burglary, attempted burglary, trespassing, theft, receiving stolen property and criminal mischief.